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. >> reporter: this is martin fletcher in tel aviv. more than a hundred strikes from gaza today. half of israel's 3.5 million people are now within range of hamas long range rockets. tel aviv, israel's largest city was attacked for the fourth straight day. saved by the anti- missile defense system which shot down p rockets. less than three miles from the city center, debris fell right on this car. israel says it's intense air attacks on gaza are meant to gel hamas in gaza and not civilians. >> they're using their homes and their mosques to hide their arms. >> reporter: but the rockets keep coming, leading israel's prime minister to this warning today. the military, benjamin netanyahu, is prepared for significant operations. to maintain secrecy, cell phones have been taken from the soldiers, they're on full alert waiting only for the order to go. and hamas warned, we will be waiting at the entrance for you, we will shred you to pieces. so the question now is what comes first, a ground invasion of gaza with maybe many dead on both sides or a truce. to stop the war in escalating, mu
. >> reporter: this is martin fletcher in tel aviv. more than a hundred strikes from gaza today. half of israel's 3.5 million people are now within range of hamas long range rockets. tel aviv, israel's largest city was attacked for the fourth straight day. saved by the anti- missile defense system which shot down p rockets. less than three miles from the city center, debris fell right on this car. israel says it's intense air attacks on gaza are meant to gel hamas in gaza and not...
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special correspondent martin fletcher is joining us. martin, with a good friday to you. let's talk about what israeli forces have done having announced they've made several arrests in wednesday's bus bombing there in tel aviv. what's the latest you're hearing on that? >> reporter: yeah, alex, there was a great deal of concern when the bomb went off ruining 11 people. the fear was that this could have been the beginning of a new round of terrorist attacks but that doesn't seem to be the case. the israelis announcing the arrest of one person, an israeli arab, from the town of taiba. they say he put the bomb on the bus and then got off the bus and then, being part of a unit, he call his commander and said the bomb is on the bus. this is all information israelis released after init ter gating him. he then called his commander and said the bomb is on the bus. the commander using his cell phone dialed a number and the bomb went off. that may be one reason why so few were hurt, it was done by remote control so you couldn't have known how many people were on the bus at the momen
special correspondent martin fletcher is joining us. martin, with a good friday to you. let's talk about what israeli forces have done having announced they've made several arrests in wednesday's bus bombing there in tel aviv. what's the latest you're hearing on that? >> reporter: yeah, alex, there was a great deal of concern when the bomb went off ruining 11 people. the fear was that this could have been the beginning of a new round of terrorist attacks but that doesn't seem to be the...
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. >> let me bring in nbc's martin fletcher in tel aviv. martin, senior u.s. officials told nbc news to expect more from israel later today. can you add to that information? >> reporter: well, yeah, the israelis are making it as clear as they possibly can they will do anything it takes to stop the palestinian attacks on israel and to make the southern cities of israel secure. the defense minister said today and he emphasized this, and we will do anything, and i repeat anything to keep those cities secure. the israelis are emphasizing repeatedly from different sources they'll do whatever it takes. when the americans warn that israel will do more this evening, they're echoing what the israeli spokesman said earlier. this is a very difficult night ahead. >> and martin, i'm sure you heard our colleague talk about the level of tension and how the expectation of what is next is consuming those that he's witnessed in gaza. what are seeing there? is there a worry this will escalate beyond the point that we are now, which is frightening in itself? >> reporter: it certa
. >> let me bring in nbc's martin fletcher in tel aviv. martin, senior u.s. officials told nbc news to expect more from israel later today. can you add to that information? >> reporter: well, yeah, the israelis are making it as clear as they possibly can they will do anything it takes to stop the palestinian attacks on israel and to make the southern cities of israel secure. the defense minister said today and he emphasized this, and we will do anything, and i repeat anything to...
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joining us live from tel aviv, nbc's martin fletcher. martin, we can only watch this escalating situation from afar. are you on the ground. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, mandy, it's getting pretty grim, as a matter of fact. as you said, the israelis are moving ground forces to the enl of the gaza strip. their regular army is already there poised to invade if given the orders. reserve troops have been called up already, some. now the latest thing is this evening, israel's defense minister ehud barak has given the okay to call up another 30,000 reserve soldiers. doesn't mean they've been called up yet but they can now be called up at any instance and did he it specifically for the possibility of a ground invasion. israel's been broadcasting in every possible way -- and i find it rather unprecedented -- that this is what their plan is. they say we will do everything it takes to stop the palestinians in gaza, hamas in particular, from firing rockets at israeli towns. they're trying to do it from the air and from the sea, try
joining us live from tel aviv, nbc's martin fletcher. martin, we can only watch this escalating situation from afar. are you on the ground. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: well, mandy, it's getting pretty grim, as a matter of fact. as you said, the israelis are moving ground forces to the enl of the gaza strip. their regular army is already there poised to invade if given the orders. reserve troops have been called up already, some. now the latest thing is this evening, israel's...
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martin fletcher joins us tel aviv. martin, did there is start with the assassination or with israel taking down the hamas leader or was there already activity coming from gaza into israel? >> there's been a low level of violence and we start reporting when it reaches a peak. but there was in particular an attack ten days ago when the palestinians fired a missile into an israeli army jeep, seriously wounding four soldiers. that began to be the signal to the israelis a red line being broached. before the assassination the palestinians fired 100 rocketed from gaza over a period of five days into israel. certain point israel said the rules are changinging we have to re-establish control, and they struck and assassinated of course a major success for israel the military leader of hamas. >> tell us what's happening in gaza, because we have continuing firing. where are rockets coming from? we know that iron dome has protected frrl many of them hitting but what is the situation? and also the departure of the u.n. workers from
martin fletcher joins us tel aviv. martin, did there is start with the assassination or with israel taking down the hamas leader or was there already activity coming from gaza into israel? >> there's been a low level of violence and we start reporting when it reaches a peak. but there was in particular an attack ten days ago when the palestinians fired a missile into an israeli army jeep, seriously wounding four soldiers. that began to be the signal to the israelis a red line being...
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we want to go to nbc's martin fletcher in tel aviv with the latest. marten? >> reporter: israel and palestinians are on the edge of a war, a war that neither side wants but looks increasingly possible. israeli warplanes are continuing their attacks inside gaza against militant leaders of hamas. they've been targeting just as significantly the weapons stockpiles, the rocket stockpiles that hamas has in gaza, in particular the long-range rockets that threaten israeli cities as far north as tel aviv. the israelis say they've managed to eliminate that threat, but there was a report earlier that hamas had, in fact, fired a rocket against tel aviv. the one rocket did get through. it hit the southern israeli town. three israelis were killed. about 150 rockets have been fired from gaza today alone. israeli's homemade antirocket defense system managed to knock out about 50 of those. as i say, one got through, killing three israelis. now, the israelis say they will continue their attacks in gaza as long as it takes. and the defense minister said israel will do anything
we want to go to nbc's martin fletcher in tel aviv with the latest. marten? >> reporter: israel and palestinians are on the edge of a war, a war that neither side wants but looks increasingly possible. israeli warplanes are continuing their attacks inside gaza against militant leaders of hamas. they've been targeting just as significantly the weapons stockpiles, the rocket stockpiles that hamas has in gaza, in particular the long-range rockets that threaten israeli cities as far north as...